Useless stack? Are you talking about the upper playfields? I am not following. You think the shots are weird on both games? Have you been able to play it yet? I played UM at two shows and it shot really well. I didn't think there were any weird angles. I guess I can understand if you are not a fan of upper playfields. There is a lot to shoot for despite them.

Code is still early. I can understand people reacting negatively to that as it's a bit of a mess in it's current state. Next update is today so we'll see if they can move forward with additional content, squash bugs and not create more of them. My only concern is it gets the ACNC treatment where code updates take too long and they don't address all the problems/bugs. But the layout...I think it is different and fun. The lifters need to eventually have staged balls though as the time is a bit on the long side when the ball has to travel from the upper playfield drain. The coolness of Rick and Morty's portal shot is it disappears and immediately reappears. I agree with the above poster that, although cool, the lifters really don't add any excitement or purpose to the games in their current state.

If anything I think Spooky really needs to take a look at their release process and maybe announce a game when the code is more mature. Because I don't think they can afford to ship games when code is half-baked. It's pretty obvious when you see the amount of people selling deposits. Granted a large portion of those people are scumbag flippers who bought multiple spots and just wanted to offset the cost of new games by monetizing their hobby. But that is a discussion that has been played out many times across many threads here.

Sigh. Once you play a few times you understand that your ball is going back to the inlanes (like a ramp return) whenever it goes into a hole on the playfield. If you were watching, you will notice a set of lights that flashes and a sound cue. The first couple of plays it catches you off guard but once you understand, it really isn't hard.

Or maybe some people base their opinions off of real-life experiences? Perhaps play the game a couple dozen of times before judging. I know it is a crazy idea.

yeah the lifters are slightly annoying at first and then you begin to appreciate them during multi balls.

It's interesting because I am not a fan of TNA unless I am playing with others. I really don't like playing it by myself. But brutally fast games with some competitive features like stealing locks etc are great for playing against someone else.

It all comes down to personal preference. But I do wish some people would just lay off the reviews until they've had some considerable time played on a game. I mean what is the point of a review if you don't have any sort of experience playing the game? Just seems stupid to me.

I don't think he means that. It's just pinball is a bit nuanced and complicated by nature. To give a review after playing a handful of times is doing a disservice to everyone. Too many people play a couple of games and run to pinside to talk about how bad it is.